Pfizer

VP, Strategy & Consulting Lead, International and Commercial

Pfizer$274K — $456K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • MBA or advanced degree with 13+ years of healthcare experience, or BA/BS with 15+ years; adept in international pharmaceutical dynamics.
  • Proven ability to influence stakeholders from senior leadership to regional presidents.
  • Experience managing complex strategic initiatives concurrently and identifying synergies among them.
  • Strong learning agility to provide tailored solutions across diverse therapeutic areas and markets.
  • Demonstrated strategic thinking with effective analysis and actionable recommendations.
  • Understanding of market dynamics and competitive impacts relevant to international business growth.
  • Fluency with AI tools and capacity to enhance team efficiency using these technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with the Chief International Commercial Officer and leadership for strategic development across ICD.
  • Facilitate strategic and operational plan implementation and support annual divisional operating processes.
  • Lead projects analyzing market evolutions and patient needs to inform strategy and financial outcomes.
  • Provide insights on external market signals that may affect business performance.
  • Develop expertise in international market dynamics to uncover strategic opportunities.
  • Foster external relationships for fresh perspectives on ICD’s priorities.
  • Collaborate across Pfizer to find synergies among strategic pathways.

Benefits

  • 401(k) plan with matching and retirement contributions.
  • Paid vacation, holidays, personal days, and medical leave.
  • Health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage.
  • Hybrid work model with possible relocation assistance.
Full Job Description
ROLE SUMMARY

Reporting to the SVP, Strategy & Consulting (S&C), this role serves as the strategy lead for Pfizer's International Commercial Division (ICD) which consists of the commercial functions and corresponding P&L in all ex-U.S. markets. ICD includes key standalone markets (China, Japan, Germany and France), International Developed Markets (IDM) and Emerging Markets (EM). In addition, ICD includes key above-market organizations, such as the International Commercial Office (ICO), Medical, Policy and Communications, Access, and Business Transformation. The S&C team's role is to shape, develop, and enable execution of strategies that will deliver growth for ICD over the mid- to long-term. The VP leading this team serves as the primary strategy contact for the Chief International Commercial Officer, and their leadership team, and is part of their Extended LT.

The role has four main accountabilities:
1) Facilitate development of International Commercial's strategic plan and roadmap

2) Manage a portfolio of strategy projects to address key business priorities and opportunities across markets, TAs, and strategic functions
3) Provide insights into market and competitive dynamics that impact business performance or strategic direction
4) Lead a team of strategy colleagues who will support these projects

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Partner with the Chief International Commercial Officer, their leadership team, and relevant functions to develop strategies across ICD. Identify key strategic imperatives and capabilities required to achieve these imperatives.
  • Facilitate completion of in-year and multi-year strategic plans, as well as implementation plans that enable robust execution of these strategies. Support the annual divisional operating plan process, as needed.
  • Lead or actively participate in a portfolio of projects that provide insight and direction on key levers such as market evolution, customer needs assessment, patient segmentation, competitive advantage, market and/or product prioritization and go-to-market model. Actively analyze and translate impact of these levers into appropriate financial measures (e.g., revenue growth, margin, ROI, etc.)
  • Provide perspectives on the potential impact of external market and competitive signals that could impact future business performance.
  • Develop and apply expertise in international market dynamics across relevant Therapeutic Areas, Disease Areas, and products to identify trends and opportunities to enable the strategic direction of the International Division.
  • Develop external relationships that provide valuable outside-in perspectives on key aspects of the remit, scope and priorities of ICD.
  • Collaborate with other S&C leads to identify cross-Pfizer alignment opportunities or synergies across strategic initiatives.
  • Actively participate as a member of the Strategy & Consulting leadership team, helping shape the priorities and direction of this critical function.
  • Lead and manage a team of 10-12 colleagues (incl. people managers), coaching and developing them to build capabilities and deliver exceptional performance. Create an engaging, productive, and balanced work environment where team members are encouraged and motivated to collaborate and excel.
  • From time to time, manage and provide oversight and direction to teams from external strategy consulting firms.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
  • MBA or other advanced degree with 13+ years of experience, or BA/BS with 15+ years, including experience in the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry. Understands trends in healthcare and pharmaceuticals, aware of competitor strategies, knowledge of healthcare dynamics across major international markets, and understands key aspects of drug development, commercialization, lifecycle management and business development processes.
  • Ability to influence and persuade key stakeholders at all levels of the organization (ELT, Country and Regional Presidents, senior functional leaders in commercial and beyond, etc.).
  • Ability to simultaneously lead a broad and complex set of strategic initiatives sponsored by ELT and ELT+1 leaders and be able to effectively connect the dots/ identify synergies across initiatives.
  • Strong learning agility and able to understand the nuances of different TAs/DAs, products/franchises, and regions/markets to deliver rigorous and tailored solutions.
  • Demonstrates strong strategic thinking skills, as evidenced by the ability to identify and develop relevant strategic frameworks, alternative scenarios, analyze implications, and develop recommendations for direction or action.
  • Ability to understand and translate market and competitive dynamics into strategic implications for Pfizer's international business and bring a growth mindset to key strategic projects.
  • Strong understanding of finance and P&L implications of any strategy.
  • Personally fluent with the latest AI tools and skilled at driving adoption of these tools across project teams to enhance the speed, rigor, and creativity of strategic work.
  • Ability to work with complex information (both quantitative and qualitative) and distill into frameworks that help facilitate ideation and decision-making.
  • Ability to work effectively in a matrix organization and lead/drive alignment without direct authority.
  • Exceptional communication/presentation skills and executive presence sufficient to effectively address ELT members, functional leadership, and external audiences.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
  • Life sciences or healthcare-related degree helpful.
  • Prior experience in strategy consulting strongly preferred.

ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
Chief International Commercial Officer, Country and Regional Presidents, key functional leaders (e.g., ICO, Medical, Access, Policy and Communications), global function leaders (e.g., global marketing), select senior R&D leaders, and enabling functions such as People Experience, Finance, Digital, Legal and Compliance.

SUPERVISION
Lead and manage a team of approximately 10-12 colleagues. Direct reports are a combination of people managers and individual contributors (Director-level). Lead large cross-functional project teams. In addition, manage teams of contingent workers from external strategy consulting firms if needed.

Other Details:
Last date to apply: July 28, 2026
Hybrid Role
The annual base salary for this position ranges from $274,000.00 to $456,600.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer's Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 30.0% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life's moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site - U.S. Benefits | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States.
Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

Candidates must be authorized to be employed in the U.S. by any employer.

U.S. work visa sponsorship (such as TN, O-1, H-1B, etc.) is not available for this role now or in the future.

Bus Dev & Strategic Planning

About Pfizer

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79,000 employees
Market Cap
$285.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
$9.6 billion
Founded
1849
5 Year Trend
+9%
Revenue
$41.9 billion
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